fkie_cve-2018-16859
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2018-11-29 18:29
Modified
2024-11-21 03:53
Severity ?
4.2 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
4.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
Execution of Ansible playbooks on Windows platforms with PowerShell ScriptBlock logging and Module logging enabled can allow for 'become' passwords to appear in EventLogs in plaintext. A local user with administrator privileges on the machine can view these logs and discover the plaintext password. Ansible Engine 2.8 and older are believed to be vulnerable.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00077.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00020.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106004Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3770Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3771Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3772Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3773Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16859Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/49142Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00077.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00020.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106004Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3770Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3771Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3772Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3773Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16859Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/49142Patch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
redhat ansible_engine *
redhat ansible_engine *
redhat ansible_engine *
redhat ansible_engine *


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      "value": "Ejecucion de playbooks Ansible en plataformas Windows con PowerShell ScriptBlock logging y Module logging activados puede permitir que aparezcan contrase\u00f1as \"become\" en EventLogs en texto plano. Un usuario local con privilegios de administrador en la m\u00e1quina puede visualizar estos registros y descubrir la contrase\u00f1a en texto plano. Se cree que Ansible Engine en versiones 2.8 y anteriores es vulnerable."
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